By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai The world breathed a collective sigh of relief when a potentially catastrophic confrontation in the Gulf was paused at the eleventh hour. Hundreds of millions across Iran and neighboring states were spared the horrors of imminent conflict, and billions of dollars’ worth of infrastructure and human livelihood were saved—at least for now—by a two-week ceasefire between the United States ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai Early this morning, I received a call from a longtime friend—his voice heavy with grief. He spoke of the life imprisonment of Mrs. Aasiya Andrabi and the decades-long sentences handed to Mrs. Sofi Fameeda and Mrs. Nahida Nasreen and then, almost instinctively, asked a question that transported me back three decades: “Is Asiya Andrabi related to Jalil Andrabi?” The question lingered—no ...

by Dr. Syed Fai Washington, DC-based World Kashmir Awareness Forum (WKAF) condemns the inhuman life imprisonment verdict issued by Modi regime’s National Intelligence Agency (NIA) against the popular Kashmiri political leader, Mrs. Asiya Andrabi along with two other prominent female Kashmiri political activists, Mrs. Sofi Fameeda and Mrs. Nahida Nasreen on March 24, 2026. 64 year old Asiya Andrabi, founder ...

پاکستانی مزائیل پروگرام سے متعلق متنازعہ بیان ۔ پاکستان اور امریکہ آمنے سامنے آگئے ۔ پاکستان نے تلسی گبارڈ کو شٹ اپ کال دے دی ۔ پاکستان کے مزائیل صرف اپنے دفاع کیلئے ہیں ۔ امریکہ کو بھارت کی 12 ہزار کلومیٹر سے زائد رینج کی حامل میزائل صلاحیتوں پر غور کرنا چاہیے پاکستان نے امریکی ڈائریکٹر نیشنل انٹیلی جنس بھارتی نژاد تلسی گبارڈ کی جانب سے پاکستانی میزائل پروگرام سے متعلق دیے گئے گمراہ کن اور حقیقت سے بعید بی ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai When the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) opened its thirtieth session in Geneva on March 9, 2026 (will continue until March 19, 2026), it did so under a powerful and urgent slogan: “Victims First. Immediate Action.” The theme could not have been more timely. Across many regions of the world, enforced disappearances continue to devastate families and undermine ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai It is perfectly acceptable to be a dreamer. Throughout history, dreamers have inspired societies to imagine a better future—one defined by justice, dignity, and peace. But what becomes deeply troubling is when those dreams are imposed upon others as reality, even when the lived experiences of people suggest otherwise. A dream, when forced upon a population as truth, becomes a narrativ ...

کاش… میرے بیٹے۔       ایک اور سال۔ ایک اور رمضان۔ دنوں اور راتوں کا ایک اور سلسلہ جو یہ دنیا بے خبری میں گزارتی جا رہی ہے — اس بات سے بالکل بے پرواہ کہ میرے لیے وقت اسی لمحے رک گیا تھا جب تم نے یہ دنیا چھوڑی۔ کیلنڈر بدلتا ہے، موسم بدلتے ہیں، چہرے بدلتے ہیں — لیکن میرے سینے میں یہ درد؟ یہ وہیں ہے، بالکل وہیں جہاں تم اسے چھوڑ گئے تھے۔ اتنا ہی گہرا، جتنا اس دن تھا۔ ایک ماں یہ کیسے بیان ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai The seventieth session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) opened on March 9, 2026, at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Established in 1946 by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the Commission remains the world’s foremost intergovernmental body dedicated to advancing gender equality and protecting the rights of women and girls. ...